Viborg
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- proper noun
- Half a week later, Tom and Maryann collided in Viborg, the historically contested city, annexed over centuries by Germans, Danes, Swedes, and Russians.
Examples
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The authors express their gratitude to the volunteers who participated in this study as well as to the staff of the Spinal Unit at the Viborg Hospital.
Academic text (2000) -
Someone will take you to Viborg; from there, you take the train to Saint Petersburg.
Fiction book (1997) -
The first is the fact that Hultberg was raised in Viborg.
Academic text (1999) -
But Tom and Maryann never talked in Viborg.
Fiction book (1997) -
Viborg is the place where Hultberg learned the fundamental codes of social behavior.
Academic text (1999) -
Thus, Viborg is a miniature, concentrated representation of Danish society or, more precisely, of Danish middle-class culture.
Academic text (1999) -
As an adult, he lived for many years outside Denmark, and thus Viborg has become a kind of icon denoting the locus of his own childhood memories.
Academic text (1999) -
A lot of Out of the Forest was shot on location in forests around Viborg, Denmark, and the presence of prim and proper bunnies in this natural setting lends the film a magical flavor.
Blog text (23)
Surface Forms
Etymology
Viborg probably comes from old Norse parts vé meaning 'shrine' and borg meaning 'fort' or 'castle'. So a helpful way to remember Viborg is as a 'fort by a shrine', which fits its long history as an important old town.